Kamaal Williams – The Return
Label: |
Black Focus Records – BFR001CD |
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Format: |
CD
, Album
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Broken Beat |
Tracklist
| 1 | Salaam | 8:33 | |
| 2 | Broken Theme | 4:26 | |
| 3 | The Return | 1:06 | |
| 4 | High Roller | 3:00 | |
| 5 | Situations (Live In Milan) | 2:59 | |
| 6 | Catch The Loop (Album Version) | 6:54 | |
| 7 | Rhythm Commission | 2:34 | |
| 8 | Medina | 6:57 | |
| 9 | LDN Shuffle | 5:30 | |
| 10 | Aisha | 2:21 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Black Focus Records
- Copyright © – Black Focus Records
- Made By – MPO
Credits
- Bass – Pete Martin*
- Drums – Joshua McKenzie
- Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synth – Kamaal Williams
- Mixed By, Recorded By, Producer – Richard Samuels (3)
- Producer – Henry Wu
- Recorded By [Drums] – Daniel Trachtenberg (tracks: 4)
Notes
Issued in a three- Digipak.
This album is dedicated to all the souls that were taken at Grenfell in 2017.
This album is dedicated to all the souls that were taken at Grenfell in 2017.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 5 060384 613420
- Barcode (Scanned): 5060384613420
- Matrix / Runout: CA BFR001CD@
- Mould SID Code: IFPI 1280
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI L039
- Matrix / Runout: 04/17/18 03:15:25 AM
Other Versions (5 of 10)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Return (LP, Album, Limited Edition, White) | Black Focus Records | BFR001LPX | UK | 2018 | |||
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The Return (LP, Album, 180gr) | Black Focus Records | BFR001LP | UK | 2018 | ||
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The Return (LP, Album, Club Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, Red, 180g) | Black Focus Records | BFR001VMP | US | 2018 | ||
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The Return (CDr, Album, Promo, Watermarked) | Black Focus Records | none | UK | 2018 | ||
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Recently Edited
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The Return (CD, Album, Digipak) | Black Focus Records | BRBFR001, BFR001CD | Japan | 2018 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Ultra cool bassy jazz from the Peckham wunderkind. There’s more than a hint of the Herbie Hancock influence here, although the predominant flavour here is that of London and its recent musical history, some moments sounding like wordless grime or instrumental hip-hop. The only drawback is how short some of the tracks are, but then I guess there’s always the “repeat play” option for that.
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Edited 6 years agoLike someone mentioned below, "Black Focus" is a more solid experience, although some of the tracks here are just beyond words. First time I heard music from this genius was in July 2018, peaking on strong, pure acid to a 4-hour Mixmaster Morris-set at Ozora. I still have very vivid memories of going nuts to the second part of "Salaam”. My close friend, with whom I shared the trip with, came up to me, and all I could express verbally was the mantra "so much beauty, so much beauty, so much beauty".....
Seriously though - so much beauty....
Catch a glimpse of his soulful
brilliance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcQtdjIB23Y -
Unreal how bad the pressing is, mine has scratches and hairlines of through the album. Pop and cracks all along. Big disappointment.
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Through this record you'll remind the Black Focus sound, but it's definitely not the masterpiece Kamaal previously did with Yussef Dayes. Don't blame the new drummer but the compositions simply don't reach the same level. Two or three good banging tunes for sure, but unfortunately the rest is just vibbin... This deserves 3 stars or so, not more. -
I received a black vinyl edition from Amazon, and it sounds incredible. This is one hell of a modern jazz album! Highly recommended. -
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